New River Head, Finsbury, London mb-code 42_2009_005 neat and elegant

neat and elegant

Below the allegorical figure is an inset view of Westminster and Tothill Fields from Lambeth

The composer seated at the piano represents George Frederic Handel

The upper half shows exhibits from Sweden and Norway

View of Queen Victoria Street and the intersection with Cannon Street

New River Head, Finsbury, London mb-code 42_2009_005 neat and elegantNew River Head, Finsbury, London, c1740; the depiction of the first issuing of water into the New River Head, Finsbury in 1613 with a description. As part of the celebrations, grouped around the cistern, there are musicians playing, figures dancing, labourers carrying their tools of the trade and dignitaries on horseback.